Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-22
OBATAaOUr HOOKS.



DEAR FRED. Yours OF December 27th
only received ON Monday, must have been
either In q snow storm or collision to account
for delay. l quite like your suggestion that
we should continue our book chats on paper,
for | miss them ~ much ~ you do. You
know, old fellow, don't care about every.
body's opinion OF book, but yours l do
value. BY the bye, did you ever receive the
book sent you last October. "Strange Case
OF Dr. Jekyll aud Mr. Hyde" II was quite
q chestnut here then, but thought probably
Il might not have yet reached tho ranch.
The yellow cover OF that book preJ eJudiced me
against IT, or | should have read II long be-
fore. AS a email boy, 1 remember being
logged twice, at least, for reading yellow GOV.
cred dimo novels, and the impression mBde
was n lasting one But the story between the
yellow covers IN about the best sermon ]
road last year. ST Paul certainly gave
Stevenson the text Queer though the way
Il struck, or rather didn't strike some people
l amused myself lending II out and marking
the effect it produced. Belle III. could not
imagine why | sont 1t To her, thought the
story horrid and 80 unnatural l did not
attempt to defend It Colwell brought It
back with puzzled expression on his bright
boylsh face, and said, "Cousin Jack, that's the
sort of book sets follow thinking it's queer,
but pretty true, guess" Stevenson IN said TO
be as weird and peculiar looking ss ono might
suppose from his stories. Have you read
" Baldwin," "Nernou Loo's'' latest II not
don't do II, It IN very Disappointing. | re-
member we agreed in thinking Miss
Brown" very clover tho crude " Baldwin"
Is written In more finished style, but Is lack
ing in strength and interest The book con.
siSts Oi a aeries of con Onversations on the differ
ent phases Of religious and irreligious
thought, and Baldwin, the hero Is Possitiv-
list; but tho arguments do not strike mo as
particularly we'll put aud the conclusions are
rather hazy.
oSir Perclyal" will not add any to Short.
houses reputation, at least, not In my hum.
bic opinion. Read It, however, when you
have an opportunity and lot mo know what
you make out of H. Roland Blake, DR..
Mitchells latest, Is another war story, we'll
told, aud doea not take much more than an
hour Tn read. one Of my resolutions for the
New Year IL not 20 read any more OF Howells'
uOyGls "Lemucl Baker and His Statira,"
nearly ruined my temper. | can appreciate
though don't enjoy the coarse, strong real
ism OF TolstCi, but have no patience with
tIe trivial, iusipid realism that characterized
Tho Minister'S Charga" Bat IL Is time to
call halt As usual i am ia danger OF rid.
ing my hobby too hard. Like the small boy
1 have kept the best for the last Do not
fail tn buy the M0ditatiOus OF tho Parish
Priest" by tho Abbe kouS. IL IL charming,
and deserves q permanent place in your II.
brsry. The French title Is "Pensie," and
Thoughts II better rendering than
MeditRtions." Tho hook has created an im.
mense sensation In France, and IN now at.
tracing attention in England aud this coun.
try.
I am tempted to close my letter with few
sample quotations which will, II | mistake
not, whel your appetite Tor more Roux II 10y
turns profound aud earnest, or witty and
'nical, aud his style OF express ion Is mostly
epigrammauC. la gives as hissOpir IONS on
great variety OF subjects, literary and general
and bis originality u beyond dispute. Here
are four quotations selected ~ representative
rpos;
VI "Schiller hiss put into drama the his,
Tory he read ia a dTgam,h "GWIhe, Ger
man drinking cup engraved at Corinth."
IL should deduo poetry as the exquisite
expression Of exquisite Impressions"
"Our experience is composed rather of H.
lusiOus lost than OF wisdom ECqured,"
This last is suggestive enough 10 close my
letter with,
Yours HAZARD.
The GTdUye Jan, Is,